Course registration
Registration information is available to all students prior to registration. Students are expected to register themselves on designated days. Registration includes academic advising, selection of courses and payment of fees. As part of the preregistration/registration process, graduate faculty are available to offer advice concerning scheduling of courses and assisting with registration. Undergraduates are not permitted to register for graduate courses.
Changes in class schedule
The university reserves the right to cancel or discontinue any course because of small enrollment or for other reasons deemed necessary. In order to assure quality instruction, the university reserves the right to close registration when the maximum enrollment has been reached and to make changes in schedule and/or faculty when necessary.
Dropping courses
A student may officially drop any class with a “W” (withdraw without penalty) halfway through the term, which includes the week of examinations. The withdrawal period applies to programs following the regular semesters and the summer sessions. After that date, no class may be dropped. Any exception to this policy is the responsibility of the appropriate academic dean’s office.
A course dropped without permission of the Registrar is automatically graded “F.”
A student who withdraws from the university for any reason (except for a medical reason) receives grades of “W” if the withdrawal is before the designated half-term time period. After this time a student will receive a “W” or “F” depending on his/her grades at the time of withdrawal.
Graduate grading system and quality points
Graduation is dependent upon the quality of work and mastery of material in the 37 hours required to complete the Master of Arts in Interactive Media. Students will be evaluated using the following grade scale:
| Grade |
Evaluation |
Credit |
| H |
Honors |
3 hrs. |
| P |
Pass with mastery |
3 hrs. |
| L |
Low pass |
3 hrs. |
| F |
Failure |
0 hrs. |
| I |
Incomplete |
|
| WD |
Medical withdrawal |
|
| W |
Withdrawal |
|
| NR |
No report |
|
If, in the judgment of the academic program director, faculty and administrators of the School of Communications, a student fails to make satisfactory progress toward the completion of the degree or to demonstrate sufficient promise in the discipline, the student will not be allowed to continue in the program. Registration in the following semester for academically ineligible students will be cancelled automatically.
A student becomes academically ineligible to continue in the program for the following reason: He/she receives a grade of F, or more than one grade of L per semester. For iMedia, the August and January terms are considered part of the fall and spring semesters, respectively.
Grade point average (GPA)
The grade point average is computed by dividing the total quality points on work attempted at Elon University by the number of hours attempted, except for courses with grades of “WD,” “W” or “S.”
It is the student’s responsibility to be familiar with the preceding requirements for graduation.